Ornamental clip



Jan. 24, 1939.. w, HUPPERT 2,145,224

ORNAMENTAL CLI P Filed June 25, 1957 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 24, 1939 UNITED STATES ORNAMENTAL CLIP William Huppert, New York, N. Y., assignor to Delamere Company, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application June 25, 1937, Serial No. 150,282

1 Claim.

This invention relates to ornamental clips, and more particularly to clips of the kind commonly known as dress clips.

The principal object of the invention is to provide the clip with gripping means of such character that no fabric, however delicate, will be injured thereby.

According to my invention the gripping means consist of an arrangement of rubber or other resilient, soft, non-metallic teeth secured to the back plate or clamping member of the clip.

One feature of the invention is that the metal prongs or teeth heretofore used on clips of this type may, in various modifications of the invention, be conveniently employed as anchorages for the gripping means.

Other objects and features of the invention will appear more fully from the following description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a view from the rear of one embodiment of the clip, the back plate and face plate being in fabric gripping relation to one another;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the structure shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a view in cross-section, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; I

Fig. 3a is a view in cross-section, taken on the line 3a--3a of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary rear view of the back plate of a clip having a cross-piece provided with a modified form of gripping means;

Fig. 5 is a view in cross-section, taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4, showing the gripping means in effective position with relation to the face plate;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to that of Fig. 5 illustrating another modification of the invention;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary rear view of the back plate of a clip showing a further modification of the gripping means; and

Fig. 8 is a view in cross-section, taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. '7, showing the gripping means in effective position with respect to the face plate.

Referring now to the drawing, a preferred form of the-invention is shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 3a. In this form, the clip comprises a face plate ID, of any desired configuration, design or ornamentation, and a back plate I I hinged to the face plate. The garment or fabric to which the clip is to be attached is gripped and held between these twoelements. The hinge connection of the back plate H to the face plate l0 may be of any known form. In the form illustrated, the face plate has ears l2 provided with perforations to receive the pivot pins l3 of the back plate I I. A leaf spring M or other suitable means is provided for urging the back plate ll into its closed or gripping position.

The back plate H has two prongs l5 stamped toward the face plate ID from the sheet material of which the back plate is made. Each of these prongs 15 serves as an anchorage for a tooth [6 of rubber or other resilient, or soft, non-metallic material. As indicated in Fig. 3a, the prongs l5 preferably have enlarged heads 11 which are snapped into recesses in the teeth It to hold the latter securely in place.

The openings I8 shown in the face plate ID of Fig. l are formed primarily for ornamentation. However, these openings may serve to provide a more or less positive interlockment of the fabric with the face plate. On referring particularly to Figs. 3 and 30, it will be seen that in the closed position of the back plate, the tips or upper ends of the rubber teeth I6 protrude slightly into the openings. Such positive interlockment of the fabric with the face plate is, however, ordinarily unnecessary, as the resiliency of the teeth may be relied upon sufficiently to grip any ordinary fabric.

In Figs. 4 and 5 a modification of the invention is shown wherein the back plate H of the clip has a cross-piece I9 out of which are stamped a plurality of headed prongs 20 of the same style as those shown in Fig. 3a.. In this form of clip, there are no openings in the face plate into which the ends of the resilient teeth protrude.

Another modification is shown in Fig. 6 wherein the three resilient or rubber teeth 2| are molded or formed in one piece and are of a slightly different shape. v

A further modification of the invention is illustrated in Figs. '7 and 8. Inv this instance, the prongs are eliminated and the cross-piece 22 of the back plate I I has an opening into which fits a rubber or resilient pad 23 having a plurality of teeth or serrations 24 formed thereon. The pad 23 has notches 25 in its sides for engagement of the edges of the opening in the cross-piece 22, the pad being sprung into place in the opening of the cross-piece.

Various modifications in the details of construction herein illustrated and described may be resorted to within the scope and spirit of the invention as defined in the claim.

What I claim is:

A dress clip comprising a face plate and a back plate hinged together, a. spring normally holding said plates in closed position, an opening in the back plate for the reception of a pad, a pad having resilient teeth projecting toward the front plate for engagement therewith when the plates are closed, said pad having recesses in its sides for engagement in the edges of the opening in the back plate.

WILLIAM HUPPERT. 

